OMOV

OMOV stands for 'One Member, One Vote' - a plea by members, and a subsequent motion of the Affiliates Council to the Board, to try and establish a voting mechanism which reflects the open, democratic and global nature of HL7's activities.

Approvals and Decisions

September 22, 2009 HL7 WGM Tuesday Q2

Attendees: Charlie McCay, Robert Stegwee, Rik Smithies, Michael van Campen, Rene Spronk

Motion: Robert moved to retire the OMOV committee with honours.

HL7 Inc. Chair informs the HL7 Inc. Board of Director of this approved motion at the Tuesday Board of Directors meeting at the HL7 September 2009 WGM.

Michael van Campen communicates this approved motion to the Affiliate Chairs at the Thursday Affiliate Chair luncheon at the HL7 September 2009 WGM.

At the HL7 Inc. Board of Directors Meeting on June 1, 2009, the HL7 Inc. Board of Directors approved unanimously arised from May 2009 Kyoto WGM:

• Motion 1: To remove the cap of 8 votes for Affiliates and change clause 2.5 of the Affiliate Agreement:

FROM: 

“ For the purpose of HL7 Inc. ballots and votes, the Affiliate shall be allotted up to 8 voting representatives based on 10% of its current voting membership (as defined by the Affiliate). The Affiliate Chair shall ensure that these representatives cast their votes to reflect the consensus decisions of the members of the Affiliate.”

TO:  

“ For the purpose of HL7 Inc. ballots and votes, the Affiliate shall be allotted ‘n’ votes, where ‘n’ is based on 10% of its current voting membership (as defined by the Affiliate). The Affiliate Chair shall ensure that these representatives cast their votes to reflect the consensus decisions of the members of the Affiliate.

• Motion #2: To develop a global directory of HL7 members

Issues/Discussion

• Voting on ballots

Minutes

• Minutes - All telcons and WGMs in 2008